1. Select the document languages from the Document language drop-down menu located in the upper section of the window.
2. In the Color mode drop-down list, select full color or black-and-white.
   Important! Once the document is converted to black-and-white, you will not be able to restore the colors.
3. Click the appropriate button for your task:

• Scan to Microsoft Word scans a paper document and converts it to a Microsoft Word document
• File (PDF/Image) to Microsoft Word converts PDF documents and images files to a Microsoft Word document
• Scan and Save Image scans a document and saves the resulting images. Once the scanning is finished, a dialog box opens prompting you to save the images.

  For the list of formats in which you can save images, please see Supported Image Formats.

• Scan to PDF scans a paper document and converts it to an Adobe PDF document
• Photo to Microsoft Word converts a digital photo to a Microsoft Word document
• Scan scans a paper document
• Open opens a PDF document or image file
• Create Document… creates a new ABBYY FineReader document

4. As a result, a new document with the recognized text will open in the application you have selected. When the Scan and Save Image task is completed, the image saving dialog box will open.